Is it health to a lot Vitamin pill or not?
I am taking :
One-A-Day Vitman for general health
Glucosamine for my knee joint
Bone Complete for bone
Fish oil
Royal Jelly
Shark oil pill
Sheep placenta
Each have different purpose.
Doctor said no matter how much one eat, it won’t get all the nutrition, so supplements are necessary. But my question is …. if I take all this pill, is it health?
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For short term consumption, it won’t matter.
If you have been taking supplements for a long time, it is possible to overdose on some megavitamins or other health aids, just as it is with medicine. There have also been reports that excessive quantities of some nutrients may feed cancer cells.
However, recent research suggests that people who regularly take simple multivitamins (like the one you use) have better overall health than people who take no vitamins at all, or than people who take megavitamins and large doses of supplements.
One reason for this is, simple vitamins like one-a-day rarely exceed the 100% RDA of each nutrient listed, so they have very little potential for overdosing and introducing impurities or contaminants into the body.
Supplements, on the other hand, are not always held to the highest standards for purity, and may contain pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, and other foreign substances.
The best advice I ever got was from someone who sold supplements for a living. He said he never takes any one pill every day, but every other day at the most, to prevent deficiency and guard against overdosing at the same time.
My personal advice is to follow the directions on each supplement bottle for a short period of time, then cut back or take a break from them to see the results, if any. Some supplements work best in larger doses for a short time, and stop working or create problems with extended use, just as with any medicine.
As far as I know there are no known guidelines affecting most of the supplements you named, since they are apparently food-based.
Some of the minerals in the Bone-Complete may not be entirely digestible, and could lead to development of mineral deposits like kidney stones if your body does not need them. There is much more to bone health than getting enough calcium, etc., because age, sex, weight, exercise, stress, hormone levels, and diet can all affect bone mineralization and de-mineralization.
Ask your doc to recommend the right amount of minerals for your particular situation before you jump in with both feet.
Bottom line: If in doubt, go without.
The quality of the products is the most important thing. In my opinion, the vitamin you’re taking is the least bioavailable and of the lowest quality of anything on the market.
Any multivitamin should be food-based for maximum bioavailability.
no you can do harm by takeing to much of certain vit.
The glucosamine and fish oil are fine unless it’s excess cod liver oil. If it is a low dosage vitamin, take it with your meal.. There’s several reports coming out showing the higher incidence of various cancers correlating with high dosages of vitamin A, the B group, and iron supplements.
wow! So many pills a day….. i was once like u….substituted my pills for only 1 health suppliment…Transfer Factor….
maybe u should try….